Background
Turnbull, John Cameron was born on September 5, 1923 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Cameron Joseph and Lillian Irene (Pentz) Turnbull.
Turnbull, John Cameron was born on September 5, 1923 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Son of Cameron Joseph and Lillian Irene (Pentz) Turnbull.
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University Saskatchewan, 1949.
Pharmacist with village and city pharmacies, 1945-1950;
supervisor pharmaceutical services, Department Public Health, Province of Saskatchewan
supervisor pharmaceutical services, Department Public Health, Regina, 1950-1952;
operations manager, National Drugs, Ltd., Winnipeg, and Saskatoon, 1953;
executive director, Canada Pharmaceutical Association, Toronto, Ontario, 1953-1978. Secretary-treasurer, managing director Canadian Pharmaceutical Realty Company Ltd. Member provisional board Pharmacare Ltd.
Registrar-treasurer Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada, 1963-1968, member board, 1963-1978. Pharmacy consultant, director drug service Ministry of Health, Barbados, 1979-1984. Staff associate Management Sciences for Health, Boston, 1984-1985.
Consultant logistics and pharmaceuticals United States Agency for International Development, East Caribbean, PanAmerican Health Organisation/World Health Organization (Belize, Center American), since 1985.
Chairman Government's Special Committee on Acetylsalicylic Poisonings, 1967. Member Emergency Health Services Advisory Committee. General chairman Allied Air Forces Reunion, 1995, 96.
Served to squadron leader Royal Canadian Air Force, 1941-1945. Member Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique (vice president), Institute of Association Executives (honorary life), Conference of Pharmacy Registrars of Canada (secretary), Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (council 1969-1978). Honorary member American, Canadian, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Associations, Saskatchewan Pharmaceutical Association, Ontario Pharmacists Association, Canadian Society Hospital Pharmacists, Rho Pi Phi.
Club: Bayview Country (past director).
Married Hazel Evelyn Rockwell, July 31, 1948. Children— Lillian Elizabeth, John Rockwell, Jocelyn Hazel.